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DOWNING, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7348 |
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| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Machine Gun Company |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brunswick Juntion Memorial Hall Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
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World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 7348, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 7348, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 26 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7348, 25th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7348 awm_unit: 25th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-26 |
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